Originally posted by stormwarrior I confess to being news ignorant. Have we actually declared war
as required by our laws or is this a police action like Vietnam? Or,
have they changed the requirements for having an official war?

Was there any kind of vote on this war on terrorism? If so, who
vote for and who vote against?

It is my understanding that Congress did vote on this, but it's obviously not a declaration of war. It's a police action. With our support of the Northern Alliance against the Taliban, it's an interventionist war, just like Vietnam.

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